Austen Fox Riggs

Austen Fox Riggs
Austen Fox Riggs
	Portrait of Riggs made in 1913
Born	December 12, 1876; Kassel, Germany
Died	March 5, 1940 (aged 63); Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Citizenship	United States
Education	Harvard University (BA); Columbia University (MD);
Occupation	Psychoanalyst
Organization	Austen Riggs Center
Title	Medical Director
Term	1913–1940
Predecessor	position established
Successor	Charles H. Kimberly
Spouse	Alice McBurney Riggs
Children	4

Austen Fox Riggs (December 12, 1876 – March 5, 1940) was an American psychiatrist and pioneering researcher in stress response. In 1913, he founded the Austen Riggs Center, a psychiatric treatment facility in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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